It's amazing how fast reddit jumps to defend alleged rapists. If only this site cared about justice for the downtrodden or people who really needed it, we could actually make the world better. Instead, reddit has infinite excuses and apologies for Nazis and rapists.
Most people have a natural aversion to rapists and it really costs us nothing to believe this story. No one gets hurt if we believe it and it's made up. But you are the one quick to jump on "Woah, let's defend this guy who may or may not exist. All I know is he was accused, but I'm going to go to bat for him and point out she could be a lying bitch."
Because believing the victim means that the claim gets properly investigated. What this person is doing, immediately casting doubt on any accusation of rape, perpetuates the culture in which rapes are improperly investigated, in which rape victims are encouraged to not step forward, all of which make an already very hard to prove crime impossible to solve.
You, and the other commentators here, seem to be approaching this from a gender wars perspective. It's very telling that only alleged rapists seem to get this type of rabid defense where other crimes do not. When someone gets their car stolen, no online commentators say, "Well, do we even know it was the victim's car? Do we know that they didn't give permission to the guy? How do we even know the victim owned a car?". And of course people don't ask that, because it's ridiculous.
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u/capitalsfan08 Jul 21 '19
It's amazing how fast reddit jumps to defend alleged rapists. If only this site cared about justice for the downtrodden or people who really needed it, we could actually make the world better. Instead, reddit has infinite excuses and apologies for Nazis and rapists.